5i6 On netv Tabanit.la3 //-ow* the Oriental Re (jiun. 



two joints pale yellow, with some black hairs, the third with 

 a very slight tooth. Sabcallus brown, shining, ratiier pro- 

 tuberant. Forehead almost parallel, covered with brown 

 tomentum ; the frontal callus large, nearly square, brown, 

 not reaching eyes, with another spindle-shaped callus beyond, 

 not always united to it. Thorax blackish (denuded), with 

 pale yellow short pubescence and some grey tomentum. 

 ScuteUiim reddish, with grey tomentum. Abdomen reddish 

 yellow, with narrow lighter-coloured segmentations covered 

 with pale yellowish hairs ; pubescence elsewhere on dorsum 

 black; underside reddish yellow, not blackish at apex as on 

 dorsum, the second segment almost wholly covered with 

 pale hairs, similar to those on the segmentations. Legs 

 blackish, tibiae reddish yellow. Wings clear, veins brown. 



Hcematopota Utoralis, sp. n. 



A long series from tlie Indian Museum, collected and sent 

 for identification by Mr. Annandale, from Puri, Orissa Coast, 

 males and females, with note : " Very common on cactus 

 hedges during daytime." 



A species allied to H. annandalei and validicornis, Ricardo, 

 but distinguished from them both by the apical band of wing, 

 which is double, but narrow. Antennae the same in form, 

 dark reddish or blackish. Face with a black band. Frontal 

 callus black, narrow. Abdomen black, in well-preserved 

 specimens with very distinct grey spots and median stripe. 

 Legs black, the pale rings on middle and posterior tibiaj 

 small. 



Length 8^-11 mm. 



Female. — Face greyish white, with a deep black band 

 below antenna?, hairs on face white. Palpi yellowish, at 

 base covered with giey tomentum and pale pubescence, 

 beyond wuth black pubescence. Antennce reddish or blackish, 

 usually darker above and paler below, the first joint abnor- 

 mally large and stout, almost as broad as the third joint at its 

 widest, longer than the third one, with black pubescence; 

 the second very small, with thick black pubescence; the 

 third with a broad first annulation, halfway from its base 

 wide, then becoming a little narrower ; the last four joints 

 forming a small narrow apex. Frontal callus black, narrow, 

 reaching the eyes, becoming wider at the sides, a small black 

 spot between antennae. Faired spots large, touching the 

 eyes, the unpaired one very small ; forehead dark, with 

 yellowish-brown tomentum, greyer at sides, some short black 

 hairs at vertex. Thorax brownish, with pale appressed 



